Blood found in wheelie bin: court

Sergeant Bruce MacRaild, from the North Coast fingerprint section, said he probably had something sticky on his fingers to leave a print on a pourous item.

"The print was actually left in a visible fluid that had been on the fingers when it was handled," he said.

"It was photographed without any chemical enhancement."

Coburn is accused of murdering Ms Jones and dumping her body in a bin which ended up at a rubbish tip in July last year.

Other crime scene investigators told the court how they searched wheelie bins out the back of Ms Jones' unit and at the property directly opposite.

The court heard they found two t-shirts and bedding that belonged to Ms Jones and other items such as alcohol which were tested for fingerprints and DNA.

Officers were called back a few days later to test the wheelie bins at the property opposite for what appeared to be blood.

A presumptive test confirmed the presence of blood.

Former flatmate tells of terrifying ordeal

A FORMER flatmate of slain Alexandra Headland "party girl" Justine Jones broke down in tears yesterday as she described the night a man tried to break into her home.

Naomi White told Maroochydore Magistrates Court that Richard Coburn, the man accused of killing Ms Jones and dumping her body in a rubbish bin, scared her when he was banging on her front door and yelling at Ms Jones for about 20 minutes.

"I was sleeping and I woke when I heard banging," she said.

"It was Justine banging on my door saying Richard was trying to get in.

"I saw the stitches (on her back) and she said she had a glassing happen, that he threw a glass at her.

"He was yelling and banging on the door saying 'let me in, Justine'."

Ms White said she called police and they locked themselves in her bedroom until police arrived.

She said there were two other events which had worried her.

Ms White said she once had to rescue her flatmate from Coburn's home in a bad state when she had been missing all day.

She said the final straw was when she found Coburn at her unit after the break-in and glassing.

Ms Jones would not let her in her bedroom and she no longer felt comfortable in her own home.